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Warm coral and dusty rose upholstery commands immediate attention in Romulo Temigue's Hug Armchair, a sculptural seating composition that orchestrates rounded, pillow-like volumes into an embracing ar
Romulo Temigue's Hug Armchair presents a sculptural meditation on form and comfort through a composition dominated by gentle bulbous volumes that cascade in rhythmic succession, establishing a visual
Romulo Temigue's Hug Armchair presents a compelling exercise in chromatic layering and geometric nesting, achieved through a systematic stacking of four upholstered forms that progress from largest to
Romulo Temigue's Hug Armchair presents a chromatic exploration employing a saturated palette dominated by warm magentas, cool lavenders, dusty rose pinks, coral-peach oranges, and luminous chartreuse
Romulo Temigue's Hug Armchair manifests as an exuberant sculptural composition rendered in textured upholstery fabric that transforms the archetypal gesture of an embracing hand into functional seatin

Romulo Temigue

Silver Furniture Design · 2022

Hug Armchair

by Romulo Temigue

  • A' Design Award 2022 Silver Winner in Furniture Design
  • Awarded April 15, 2022
  • CLIENT: Romulo Temigue
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 37,462
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About Hug Armchair

The Hug armchair is a design with layered colors. The idea of this design is to indicate that each layered color is hugging the other one in front. The colors can be also changed to your personal taste or to combine with your interior design. The structure of this armchair is made of upholstery and inside with real wooden materials. Also, the design is taller and larger in comparison with other usual armchair in the market.

Romulo Temigue's Hug Armchair emerges from contemporary furniture design traditions that celebrate emotional resonance alongside functional excellence, participating in a lineage of expressive seating that prioritizes psychological comfort as much as physical support. The work demonstrates sophisticated understanding of how color, form, and material collaborate to create furniture that transcends mere utility, instead offering an experience of envelopment and security that the evocative title directly addresses. The designer achieves remarkable compositional unity despite employing five distinct color zones, each occupying its own volumetric element; the graduated warm palette moves with sunset logic from golden yellow through coral and rose to violet, creating chromatic continuity that reads as organic rather than arbitrary. Technical accomplishment reveals itself in the precision of the curved geometries, where each rounded rectangle and ovoid form maintains consistent edge radius and surface tension suggesting careful attention to foam density selection and upholstery craftsmanship. The ribbed textile surface, uniform across all elements, provides visual texture that softens the bold color blocking while promising tactile engagement for the seated user. Thematically, the armchair explores the archetypal notion of the embrace, translating the protective gesture of encircling arms into architectural furniture language through its high back, enveloping side panels, and the suggestively named floating arm element that hovers like a supportive hand. The asymmetrical footrest extending forward breaks classical furniture symmetry, introducing dynamic movement and casual informality appropriate to contemporary domestic life. One might consider how this design reframes the traditional wingback chair through a lens of joyful color and softened geometry, maintaining the protective enclosure while abandoning formal severity. Viewers are invited to contemplate how furniture might serve not merely as equipment for sitting but as spatial companions offering emotional sustenance through their very presence.

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Unique Properties
Just like the classics armchairs, the materials can be soft ones or can be leather or other types. Inside the structure, it has upholstery, usual hardworking with wood. The design can be as colorful as you want it to be, or you can simply use monochromatic colors. It goes well both ways.
Dimensions & Packaging
1450mm lenght x 1500mm width x 1400mm height
Tags
Sofa, colorful, modern, Furniture, Furniture Design, armchair, chair,
Production Technology
The armchair production and manufacture is based on a custom design. You can change the colors and materials. After the that, traditional techniques and handmaid montage by experienced handworkers for the final touch.
Design Challenge
Choosing a good size for each layer. It couldn't be small to the point that would disappear behind the other and also couldn't be too big that would feel too much in a small apartment. After that, the rest was easy. You can choose the color you want for each layer and enjoy the comfy to rest your soul.
Project Duration
The project was in 2021 in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
Operation Flow
The Hug armchair is a unique piece and will take a good part of your living room, because it's bigger than you think. But with this, you can decorate your house and also have a very comfy armchair to use when you are tired from work.
Research
Using the "hug" idea that we give to our related and friends almost every day, the chair had to look like each part were hugging each other. After the first layer, the rest was each to understand about the design itself.
Inspiration
The inspirational part of this armchair came with the use of the classics armchairs that gives your body a "hug" when you sit on them. The idea is "privacy" and "cuddle". Privacy cause when you're using the armchair you will be "inside" and have your privacy there. And the "cuddle" because of classics armchairs.
Image Credits
Romulo Temigue, All Images

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Design Interview about Hug Armchair

The main principle was always to be happy with everything that I'm doing in Design. From the process till the final product. Usually, I make things for my own happiness and I believe happiness will be delivered for everybody around me.

I'm always using colors with everything. I believe that in this especific project I wanted to separate the colors and enjoy each one of them alone.

I'll manufacture a piece and see the scale in real life so I can understand which client it will attend.

Usually I design fast. One week is the maximum timeline for my works. Sometimes it takes a lot longer. But mainly it's fast.

On a normal day, I wouldn't make furniture with upholstery. But this one made me think about confort and home furniture to relax. It was not commissioned. Although, I'm always designing with that in mind.

Not yet. I still don't know. Maybe with a good offer I can think about it. But never without my name.

I wanted a big chair to use as "THE" confortable chair of the living and also wanted a colorful piece. So I made this.

My head is a mix of everything I see everywhere. It's impossible to mention.

People who likes colors and big pieces at their homes.

Nothing. I think every Design and every Designer have it own style and people who enjoy their works. In my case, if you like colors and whinsical pieces, you're done!

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